Tag Archives: Environment
Nunavut judge orders protesting hunters to clear runway; mine seeks injunction
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A mining company wants a judge to order Nunavut hunters to stop blocking the mine's road and airstrip in protest of its proposed expansion. Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. is seeking th...
Feb 10, 2021
Feds promise billions in new funds to build, expand public-transit systems
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government is promising cash-strapped cities billions of dollars in permanent funding for their public-transit systems - though most of the money won't start flowing until...
Feb 10, 2021
Defence of Alberta oil or attempt to silence dissent? Judge to hear inquiry challenge
CALGARY - A judge is to hear arguments this week over whether Alberta's public inquiry into the purported foreign funding of environmental charities is a valid defence of the province's ailing oil ind...
Feb 10, 2021
'Bait and switch:' Questions arise over what reinstated Alberta coal policy protects
EDMONTON - Doubts are surfacing over the Alberta government's decision to restore a policy that protects the Rocky Mountains from coal mining. "I think (it) did a bait and switch and I'm very disappoi...
Feb 09, 2021
Food, supply flights grounded, operations halted as protest continues at Nunavut mine
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Flights have been grounded and most operations suspended at an open-pit iron ore mine on Nunavut's Baffin Island as protesters upset about its expansion plan continue to block the s...
Feb 08, 2021
'Didn't get this one right:' Alberta reinstates coal-mines policy after public outcry
EDMONTON - Public protest has persuaded the Alberta government to U-turn on a major section of its economic road map and reinstate a policy that has kept open-pit coal mines out of the Rocky Mountains...
Feb 08, 2021
No mussels found in Saskatchewan bodies of water in 2020
Saskatchewan's continued efforts to bulk up its defences against invasive mussels paid off in 2020.In a media release Monday, the Ministry of Environment said there weren't any invasive mussels found ...
Feb 08, 2021
Above normal runoff expected in Far North
Parts of northern Saskatchewan including La Ronge are expected to have a near-normal runoff. That's according to a news release from the Water Security Agency, which states fall conditions were near t...
Feb 05, 2021
Alberta to restore some coal-mining policy protections: government spokesman
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it plans to restore some aspects of a policy it revoked last spring that protected a wide swath of the province's foothills and mountains from coal mines. The mo...
Feb 05, 2021
Nunavut hunters block mine road, airstrip; say their voices aren't being heard
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Naymen Inuarak stands on a road that sees trucks carry iron ore from a mine on the north side of Nunavut's Baffin Island before sending it out to sea. On Thursday night, after trave...
Feb 05, 2021